The Prohibition era in America, which lasted for well over a decade and—inconceivable as it might be today—effectively banned the sale and production of booze in the United States, ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment on Dec. 5, 1933.

Photographer Ross McDonnell documents a new chapter in Mexico’s enduring battle against violent crime, as communities in Guerrero State take the law into their own hands. His ambrotype wet plate portraits go on view at Paris Photo 2013.

For almost fifty years during his career as a tabloid journalist, Enrique Metinides captured murders and car crashes, criminals and catastrophes. Filmmaker Ross McDonnell introduces us to Mexico’s Weegee.